Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Compartment Syndrome of the Hand, Video 1 of 3 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 4:50 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Compartment syndrome of the hand is a rare condition that can have devastating consequences. Watch this video of a man with late-presentation compartment syndrome whose hand was crushed after a fall from a ladder, and read more in Dr. Larry Mellick’s blog at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Finding Your Way with the Compass for Compartment Syndrome, Video 2 of 3 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 5:12 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less The Compass device is a disposable pressure gauge that efficiently and effectively measures compartment pressure. This video shows how to use the device—on oranges. Read more in Dr. Larry Mellick’s blog at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Foot Drop in Compartment Syndrome, Video 3 of 3 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 4:42 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less It is rare when patients present with a lower extremity compartment syndrome. Watch this video to see a patient who developed a foot drop as a result of compartment syndrome. Read more in Dr. Larry Mellick’s blog at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Severe Antabuse Reactions Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 4:50 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Disulfiram treatment is considered a valuable option for treating alcohol dependence, and more recently, has shown potential benefit for treating other presentations. Just be on the lookout for patients with serious side effects such as refractory hypotension and its associated ischemic complications. Watch this video and read more in Dr. Larry Mellick’s blog at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Small Hairs Make Big Cuts (and Consequences) Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 4:37 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less How in the world does a hair get wrapped repeatedly and tightly around an appendage of the body? Watch this video and read more in Dr. Larry Mellick’s blog at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Understanding Headache Classifications, Video 2 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 8:07 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Headaches can be caused by life-threatening conditions such as aneurysms, like this patient who experienced a posterior communicating artery aneurysm and was taken for emergent aneurysm coiling. Read more in Dr. Mellick’s blog at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Understanding Headache Classifications, Video 1 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 2:48 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Many types and etiologies of headache and facial pain afflict ED patients, and sorting through them can be a challenge. Craniofacial experts themselves, in fact, do not attempt to remember the subtle differences between the various conditions causing craniofacial pain, but instead refer to the third edition of the International Classification of Headache Disorders, says Larry Mellick, MD. This video shows a 9-year-old boy who crashed his motor bike and had a concussion, forehead contusion, and broken nose. A month later, he was still experiencing pain in his forehead, but rather than go right to CT or MRI, Dr. Mellick tried a different approach. Read more in Dr. Mellick’s blog at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Foreskin Complications, Video 2 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 3:08 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Circumcised boys and men can also experience complications, says Larry Mellick, MD. Meatal stenosis can be caused by diaper irritation and penile glans inflammation. See a case in this video. Read more in Dr. Mellick’s blog at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Foreskin Complications, Video 1 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 1:08 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Uncircumcised boys and men are at increased risk of balanitis, posthitis, balanoposthitis, phimosis, and paraphimosis, says Larry Mellick, MD. This video shows a patient with this complaint and discusses the treatment plan. Read more in Dr. Mellick’s blog at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Pets in the ED, Video 3 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 1:36 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less This patient was worried that her unusual therapy pet would not be allowed in the ED, but Dr. Larry Mellick says maybe EDs should do a better job of acknowledging the importance of these roles. Find out more in Dr. Mellick’s blog and video at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Pets in the ED, Video 2 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 0:46 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Dr. Larry Mellick finds that therapy pets can help patients while in the ED. In this video, he meets a Jack Russell Terrier who is always at his veteran-owner’s side. Find out more in Dr. Mellick’s blog and video at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Pets in the ED, Video 1 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 2:03 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Dr. Larry Mellick looks at the softer side of emergency medicine for a change—how important pets are to patients and how they can help with treatment. In this video, he has insights about that after seeing his daughter interact with her new puppy. Read more in Dr. Mellick’s blog at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Tactical Tourniquets to Stop Traumatic Bleeding, Video 1 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 7:47 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Dr. Larry Mellick reviews four different tourniquets to manage uncontrolled extremity hemorrhage. In this one, he looks at the SWAT-Tourniquet, the Combat Application Tourniquet (C-A-T), and the SOF Tactical Tourniquet. Find out more in Dr. Mellick’s blog and video at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Tactical Tourniquets to Stop Traumatic Bleeding, Video 2 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 1:34 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Dr. Larry Mellick reviews four different tourniquets to manage uncontrolled extremity hemorrhage. In this one, he looks at the Rapid Application Tourniquet System (R.A.T.S.). Find out more in Dr. Mellick’s blog and video at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Tactical Tourniquets to Stop Traumatic Bleeding, Video 3 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 7:41 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Dr. Larry Mellick reviews four different tourniquets to manage uncontrolled extremity hemorrhage, but in this one, he demonstrates a simulated SWAT or SRT entry in a building with gunfire and simulated injuries and blood. Find out more in Dr. Mellick’s blog and video at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: The AAJT: Simplicity in the Face of Adversity Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 3:45 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Dr. Larry Mellick delves into REBOA and cross-clamping the aorta. Find out more in Dr. Mellick’s blog and video at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Cardioverting the First Emergency Medicine Residency Graduate Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 15:08 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Dr. Larry Mellick and colleagues cardiovert the first emergency medicine residency graduate, Bruce Janiak, MD, who narrates most of the procedure in this video! Find out more in Dr. Mellick’s blog and video at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Preoxygenating with the BVM Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 10:42 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Dr. Larry Mellick and colleagues test the bag-valve mask for preoxygenation. You will be surprised by the results! Find out more in Dr. Mellick’s blog and video at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: A Role for Magnetism in the ED Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 2:35 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Dr. Larry Mellick notes that children’s predilection for placing small objects in body cavities and orifices often brings them to the ED. Magnets, which haven’t received the respect they deserve, can come to the rescue. Find out more in Dr. Mellick’s blog and video at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: A Role for Magnetism in the ED Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 2:03 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Dr. Larry Mellick shows how to use a Pacer magnet to remove a foreign body from the ear. Find out more in Dr. Mellick’s blog and video at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: A Role for Magnetism in the ED Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 4:02 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Dr. Larry Mellick is the guinea pig in this video testing different magnets for removing a foreign body from the ear. Find out more in Dr. Mellick’s blog and video at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Double Simultaneous Defibrillation Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 2:23 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Dr. Larry Mellick looks at the evidence for double simultaneous defibrillation, which appears to work in the electrophysiology lab and that anecdotal evidence has shown saves lives in the prehospital setting and in the emergency department. Find out more in Dr. Mellick’s blog and video at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Survival of a Torsed Testicle, Video 2 of 2 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 4:53 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less The time for possible salvage and survival of a torsed testicle is commonly thought to be six to eight hours, but Dr. Larry Mellick says one patient’s testicle was saved after 70 hours. Watch this video of torsion in a 15-year-old, and find out more in Dr. Mellick’s blog and video at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Survival of a Torsed Testicle, Video 1 of 2 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 4:39 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less The time for possible salvage and survival of a torsed testicle is commonly thought to be six to eight hours, but Dr. Larry Mellick says survival can actually occur after that. Watch this video of torsion in a 14-year-old. Find out more in Dr. Mellick’s blog and video at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: “Out-the-Door” v. “Kitchen-Sink” Asthma Management Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 7:15 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Dr. Larry Mellick reviews strategies for managing asthma patients that gets them discharged home instead of admitted to the hospital. Find out more in Dr. Mellick’s blog and video at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Not Appenditicits Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 3:36 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Dr. Larry Mellick reviews an unusual cause of abdominal pain. Find out more in Dr. Mellick’s blog and video at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Mistakes that Kill during Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 4:05 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Dr. Larry Mellick says EPs fail patients during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in many ways, so it’s critical to find the resuscitation sweet spot for each patient and to never waver during a CPR event. Find out more in Dr. Mellick’s blog and video at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Mistakes that Kill during Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 2:39 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Too fast or too slow compressions, too shallow or two deep. Find out all the mistakes that EPs make during CPR and why code team leadership is needed in Dr. Larry Mellick’s blog and video at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Oldie but Goodie Pediatric Clinical Concepts-Double Sickening Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 2:21 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less A number of older clinical concepts may be unfamiliar to younger clinicians, but these clinical concepts are useful in pediatric medicine. Some of these concepts showed up in the medical literature for the first time nearly a century ago, but experience has borne out their effectiveness. Listen in to this video as Dr. Mellick discusses double sickening in this mother’s daughter. Find out more in Dr. Mellick’s blog and video at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Oldie but Goodie Pediatric Clinical Concepts-Double Sickening Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 2:21 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less A number of older clinical concepts may be unfamiliar to younger clinicians, but these clinical concepts are useful in pediatric medicine. Some of these concepts showed up in the medical literature for the first time nearly a century ago, but experience has borne out their effectiveness. Listen in to this video as Dr. Mellick discusses double sickening in this mother’s daughter. Find out more in Dr. Mellick’s blog and video at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: The Varicella Virus, the Old and the New Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 2:47 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Varicella cases have markedly declined, and presentations are often atypical since the advent of immunizations, so younger physicians are less aware of the appearance and clinical presentations of this viral infection. This video shows disseminated varicella in an HIV patient. Find out more in Dr. Mellick’s blog and video at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: The Varicella Virus, the Old and the New Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 4:50 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Many children are vaccinated against varicella, but breakthrough cases of chickenpox still occur, like in this 6-year-old boy. Find out more in Dr. Mellick’s blog and video at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: The Varicella Virus, the Old and the New Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 5:03 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Many U.S. children are vaccinated against varicella, but in Haiti, vaccination is neither mandatory nor widespread. This video shows several patients with typical varicella presentations. Find out more in Dr. Mellick’s blog and video at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: A Dramatic Treatment Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 7:10 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less A young patient with hemiplegic migraine presents to the ED unable to walk or follow commands. Fifteen minutes after Dr. Larry Mellick treated him with paraspinous cervical injections of bupivacaine, the young man was able to move all extremities. Find out more in Dr. Mellick’s blog and video at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Post-Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy Bleeding Emergencies Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 2:52 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Dr. Larry Mellick admits that post-surgical bleeding following tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy has given him some memorable experiences over the years. And by “memorable,” he means terrifying. Find out more in Dr. Mellick’s blog and video at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Two Novel Conditions with an Intriguing Link Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 5:50 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less How could a Lyme disease lookalike rash and anaphylaxis to meat have anything in common? Find out more as Dr. Larry Mellick reviews their common vector in this video and blog post, which you can find at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Ten Ways to Reduce a Shoulder Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 10:02 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Multiple methods are touted for reducing anterior shoulder dislocations, and Dr. Larry Mellick reviews ten ways in this video and blog post, which you can find at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Davos Technique Gains Traction for Shoulder Dislocations Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 2:51 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Multiple methods are touted for reducing anterior shoulder dislocations, but the Davos technique is a nontraumatic, patient-controlled, and auto-reduction technique that does not require the use of anesthesia. Dr. Larry Mellick reviews it in this video and blog post, which you can find at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: A Kinder, Gentler Approach for Felons Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 5:30 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less The thought of blindly “slicing and dicing” fingertips leaves Dr. Larry Mellick cold. Instead, he reviews the best approaches for fingertip abscesses in this video and blog post, which you can find at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Treating Priapism in the ED, Video 1 of 2 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 2:43 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Dr. Larry Mellick says emergency physicians have mental blocks when it comes to managing priapism. He helps dispel some of the performance anxiety associated with this condition by teaching how to mix up the phenylephrine used for intracavernosal blocks, which means this penile compartment syndrome doesn’t languish while EPs wait for the urologist. Read his blog post at http://bit.ly/Mellick, and then watch this video. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Treating Priapism in the ED, Video 2 of 2 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 2:01 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Dr. Larry Mellick says emergency physicians have mental blocks when it comes to managing priapism. He helps dispel some of the anxiety demonstrating how to set up an aspiration and irrigation system, which dramatically simplifies the entire process. Read his blog post at http://bit.ly/Mellick, and then watch this video. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Treating Priapism in the ED, Video 2 of 2 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 2:01 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Dr. Larry Mellick says emergency physicians have mental blocks when it comes to managing priapism. He helps dispel some of the anxiety demonstrating how to set up an aspiration and irrigation system, which dramatically simplifies the entire process. Read his blog post at http://bit.ly/Mellick, and then watch this video. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Treating Priapism in the ED, Video 1 of 2 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 2:43 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Dr. Larry Mellick says emergency physicians have mental blocks when it comes to managing priapism. He helps dispel some of the performance anxiety associated with this condition by teaching how to mix up the phenylephrine used for intracavernosal blocks, which means this penile compartment syndrome doesn’t languish while EPs wait for the urologist. Read his blog post at http://bit.ly/Mellick, and then watch this video. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: An Ophthalmic Photo and Video Tool Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 5:36 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Dr. Larry Mellick waxes poetic about the Eidolon Photo Bluminator, which can take excellent still photographs and high-quality videos of the external surface of the eye. Read his blog post at http://bit.ly/Mellick, and then watch this video. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Peritoneal Taps for Removing Ascites Fluids Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 15:11 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Dr. Larry Mellick interviews Richard Gordon, MD, whose step-by-step presentation shows how to safely perform peritoneal taps. Read his blog post at http://bit.ly/Mellick, and then watch this video. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: The Daunting Ear Cartilage Laceration Repair Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 3:48 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Dr. Larry Mellick shares tips and tricks that will help emergency physicians repair ear cartilage lacerations with ease. Read his blog post at http://bit.ly/Mellick, and then watch this video to see a laceration repair. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Like Pulling Teeth Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 6:12 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Dr. Larry Mellick recently spent a week in Jamaica providing care under relatively harsh conditions. Read his blog post at http://bit.ly/Mellick, and then watch this video to see the dental team demonstrate the elemental steps of pulling a tooth. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Triceps Surae Examination Pearls (2 of 2) Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 2:51 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Dr. Larry Mellick has tips and tricks for examining and diagnosing patients with calf pain. Read his blog post at http://bit.ly/Mellick, and then watch this video to see how to do the Thompson test for an Achilles tendon injury. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Triceps Surae Examination Pearls (1 of 2) Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 3:12 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Dr. Larry Mellick has tips and tricks for examining and diagnosing patients with calf pain. Read his blog post at http://bit.ly/Mellick, and then watch this video to see how to examine an injured soleus muscle. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Managing Sacroiliac Pain Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 7:32 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Dr. Larry Mellick has been treating localized sacroiliac pain with injections of bupivacaine and methylprednisolone for several years. Read his blog post at http://bit.ly/Mellick, and then watch this video to see how to perform this simple technique. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Open Airway-Neutral Cervical Spine Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 1:48 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Pediatric trauma patients on backboards and in cervical collars often have their airways partially compromised. Dr. Larry Mellick advocates for teaching EMTs how to maintain an open airway and neutral cervical spine. Read his blog post at http://bit.ly/Mellick, and then watch this video to see how to perform this simple technique. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Devastating Leg Injury Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 3:19 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Dr. Larry Mellick acknowledges the bad blood that sometimes exists between emergency medicine and surgery, but says there are many times he is grateful for his surgical colleagues, like in this video. Read Dr. Mellick’s blog post at http://bit.ly/Mellick, and then watch this video to see him talk about a patient with a devastating leg injury. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Stiletto Heel Injury Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 1:35 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Dr. Larry Mellick acknowledges the bad blood that sometimes exists between emergency medicine and surgery, but says there are many times he is grateful for his surgical colleagues, like in this video. Read Dr. Mellick’s blog post at http://bit.ly/Mellick, and then watch this video to see him talk about a patient with a stiletto heel injury. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Cherry Bomb Injury Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 3:43 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Dr. Larry Mellick acknowledges the bad blood that sometimes exists between emergency medicine and surgery, but says there are many times he is grateful for his surgical colleagues, like in this video. Read Dr. Mellick’s blog post at http://bit.ly/Mellick, and then watch this video to see him talk about a patient with a cherry bomb injury. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Chainsaw Injury Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 2:08 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Dr. Larry Mellick acknowledges the bad blood that sometimes exists between emergency medicine and surgery, but says there are many times he is grateful for his surgical colleagues, like in this video. Read Dr. Mellick’s blog post at http://bit.ly/Mellick, and then watch this video to see him talk about a patient with a chainsaw injury. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Dr. Ric Solis’s Innovative Idea Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 13:14 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Dr. Larry Mellick interviews Ricaurte A. Solis, DO, who has created, with input from the FOAM community, a novel way to deliver oxygen during needle cricothyroidotomy. Read Dr. Solis’s blog post at http://bit.ly/Mellick, and then watch this video to hear him demonstrate this innovative technique. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Ketamine for Pain-Video 3 of 3 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 4:15 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Multiple reports in the literature describe the successful use of ketamine for refractory chronic pain. Read Dr. Mellick’s blog post at http://bit.ly/Mellick, and then watch this video to hear how ketamine helped this patient with sickle cell pain. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Ketamine for Pain-Video 2 of 3 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 3:47 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Peripheral and central sensitization of pain pathways are recognized as part of the process of chronic and subacute pain syndromes. Read Dr. Mellick’s blog post at http://bit.ly/Mellick, and then watch this video to hear how ketamine helped this patient with peripheral neuropathy pain. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Ketamine for Pain-Video 1 of 3 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 3:07 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Ketamine is a fascinating drug with multiple potential applications in the emergency department, but emergency physicians should consider this phencyclidine-like dissociative agent for pain management. Read Dr. Mellick’s blog post at http://bit.ly/Mellick, and then watch this video to hear how ketamine helped this patient with cancer pain. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: The Urticaria Multiforme Rash-Video 2 of 2 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 3:10 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Watch as Dr. Larry Mellick figures out the type of rash this child has. Find more information in his vlog at a href="http://bit.ly/Mellick" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Targetoid Rashes-Video 1 of 2 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 2:13 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Watch Dr. Larry Mellick diagnosis a young girl who presents with a targetoid rash on her arms and legs. Find more information in his vlog at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Flesh-Eating Vasculitis from Cocaine Adulterant-Video 2 of 2 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 2:28 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Levamisole is used to cut cocaine, and in the process induces antibodies that cause a distinctive vasculopathic purpura typically involving the ears, nose, cheeks, and extremities. This video from Dr. Larry Mellick shows the devastating effects it can have on cocaine users. Find more information in his vlog at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Flesh-Eating Vasculitis from Cocaine Adulterant-Video 1 of 2 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 2:06 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less FDA withdrew levamisole from the human market in 1999. Once used to treat cancer, various skin conditions, and immunological renal diseases, this veterinary medicine has found a fairly widespread role as an adulterant in illicit cocaine since 2003. This video from Dr. Larry Mellick shows the devastating effects it can have on cocaine users. Find more information in his vlog at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Pityriasis Rosea-Video 3 of 3 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 2:45 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Once you see a case of pityriasis rosea, you won’t forget the rash, says Dr. Larry Mellick. This video shows you what to look for. Find more information about pediatric rashes in his vlog at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Pediatric Rashes-Strep-Video 2 of 3 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 2:15 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Some rashes aren’t difficult to diagnose once you’ve seen a case or two. This video from Dr. Larry Mellick helps with diagnosing strep. Find more information about pediatric rashes in his vlog at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Pediatric Rashes-Shingles. Video 1 of 3 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 1:51 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less EPs are frequently heard to say that they aren’t good at diagnosing pediatric rashes, but this video from Dr. Larry Mellick will help with identifying shingles in children. Find more information about rashes in his vlog at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Needle Aspiration of Peritonsillar Abscess-Video 3 of 3 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 4:59 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Emergency physicians, expert at a wide variety of procedures, will continue to play an important rill in performing the procedures traditionally done by other specialties. Watch this video, the third of three this month from Dr. Larry Mellick, to see a needle aspiration of a peritonsillar abscess. Find more information about prcoedures in his vlog at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Nasopharyngoscope-Video 2 of 3 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 3:39 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Whether performing advanced airway procedures or splinting orthopedic fractures, emergency physicians are expert at performing the routine procedures of other specialties. Watch this video, the second of three this month from Dr. Larry Mellick, to see a procedure requiring placement of a nasopharyngoscope. Find more information about procedures in his vlog at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Tracheostomy Tube Replacement-Video 1 of 3 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 4:11 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Emergency medicine has continuously redefined itself by absorbing expertise traditionally owned by other specialties. The tracheostomy is a case in point. Watch this video, the first of three this month from Dr. Larry Mellick, to see replacement of a tracheostomy tube. Find more information about procedures in his vlog at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Needle Aspiration of Peritonsillar Abscess-Video 3 of 3 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 4:59 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Emergency physicians, expert at a wide variety of procedures, will continue to play an important rill in performing the procedures traditionally done by other specialties. Watch this video, the third of three this month from Dr. Larry Mellick, to see a needle aspiration of a peritonsillar abscess. Find more information about prcoedures in his vlog at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Nasopharyngoscope-Video 2 of 3 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 3:39 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Whether performing advanced airway procedures or splinting orthopedic fractures, emergency physicians are expert at performing the routine procedures of other specialties. Watch this video, the second of three this month from Dr. Larry Mellick, to see a procedure requiring placement of a nasopharyngoscope. Find more information about procedures in his vlog at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Tracheostomy Tube Replacement-Video 1 of 3 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 4:11 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Emergency medicine has continuously redefined itself by absorbing expertise traditionally owned by other specialties. The tracheostomy is a case in point. Watch this video, the first of three this month from Dr. Larry Mellick, to see replacement of a tracheostomy tube. Find more information about procedures in his vlog at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Shoulder Dislocation Emergency-Video 3 of 3 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 7:16 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Each emergency physician has his favorite technique for reducing shoulder dislocations. Watch this video, the third of three from Dr. Larry Mellick this month, to learn tips for reducing dislocations. Find more information about shoulder reductions in his vlog at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Posterior Shoulder Reduction-Video 2 of 3 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 3:21 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Posterior shoulder dislocations are rare, and factors such as the dislocation duration, patient comorbidities, prior dislocation events, and associated fractures or bony lesions will determine the specific technique used. Watch this video, the second of three from Dr. Larry Mellick this month, to learn tips for reducing a posterior shoulder reduction. Find more information about shoulder reductions in his vlog at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Inferior Shoulder Reductions-Video 1 of 3 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 4:45 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Shoulder dislocations are fairly common orthopedic emergencies presenting to the emergency department. Watch this video, the first of three from Dr. Larry Mellick this month, to learn tips for reducing an inferior shoulder reduction. Find more information about shoulder reductions in his vlog at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Open Thoracotomy Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 3:47 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Hesitating for even seconds during an open thoracotomy will guarantee failure or a poor patient outcome. Nevertheless, no matter how grisly and stressful this procedure may be, it has real potential for saving lives. Watch this video from Dr. Larry Mellick, and find more information in his vlog at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: The Stress of Open Thoracotomy Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 2:33 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less There is no higher stress or professionally memorable procedure than the open thoracotomy. This is one of the most time-sensitive procedures, and is unquestionably the most invasive procedure in emergency medicine. Watch this video from Dr. Larry Mellick, and find more information in his vlog at http://bit.ly/Mellick. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Inferior Alveolar Nerve Blocks Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 4:25 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Oral nerve blocks are technically more difficult than most EPs realize or admit, says Dr. Larry Mellick. These two videos demonstrate techniques for giving these blocks. Read his video introduction at http://bit.ly/Mellick, and then watch this video to learn how to do an inferior alveolar nerve block. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Alveolar Nerve Blocks Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 8:56 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less The reported failure rate for inferior alveolar nerve blocks can range as high as 30-45 percent of cases, says Dr. Larry Mellick. These two videos demonstrate techniques for giving these blocks. Read his video introduction at http://bit.ly/Mellick, and then watch this video to learn how to do alveolar nerve blocks. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Pulse Dose Pressors for Children and Adults Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 4:11 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Don’t cringe when you think of giving epinephrine outside of cardiac arrest, says Dr. Larry Mellick. These three videos demonstrate techniques for giving well calibrated and exact doses of epinephrine. This first video shows pulse dosing during intubation. Read his video introduction at http://bit.ly/Mellick, and then watch this video to learn more. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Pulse Dose Pressors for Children and Adults Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 5:49 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less The videos this month explain how to mix and administer pulse dose epinephrine, says Dr. Larry Mellick. This second video shows how to mix epinephrine for pulse dosing. Read his video introduction at http://bit.ly/Mellick, and then watch this video to learn more. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Pulse Dose Pressors for Children and Adults Creator: Duration: 5:03 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Pediatric pulse dosing employs the same concentration used for adults, says Dr. Larry Mellick. This third video shows how to administer it to a child. Read his video introduction at http://bit.ly/Mellick, and then watch this video to learn more. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: Sucking Chest Wound Management Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 1:29 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less The management of sucking chest wounds and open pneumothorax has changed. Dr. Larry Mellick explains the current guidelines for treatment, whether on the battlefield or off. Read his blog post at http://bit.ly/Mellick, and then watch this video to learn more. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: IV Drug Use and Skin Conditions: Track Marks Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 0:32 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Diseases and complications associated with intravenous drug use are many and varied, says Dr. Larry Mellick. These three videos demonstrate three skin findings associated with drug addiction and IV drug use. This first video shows the track marks associated with repeated intravenous injection. Read his video introduction at http://bit.ly/Mellick, and then watch this video to learn more. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: IV Drug Use and Skin Finding: Petechiae Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 2:24 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Diseases and complications associated with intravenous drug use are many and varied, says Dr. Larry Mellick. These three videos demonstrate three skin findings associated with drug addiction and IV drug use. This third video shows the diffuse petechiae from septic emboli of life-threatening infective endocarditis. Read his video introduction at http://bit.ly/Mellick , and then watch this video to learn more. Play Video | + Favorites
Mellick’s Multimedia EduBlog: IV Drug Use and Skin Finding: Piloerection Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 1:57 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Diseases and complications associated with intravenous drug use are many and varied, says Dr. Larry Mellick. These three videos demonstrate three skin findings associated with drug addiction and IV drug use. This second video shows the piloerection that accompanies withdrawal. Read his video introduction at http://bit.ly/Mellick, and then watch this video to learn more. Play Video | + Favorites
Hypotension and Paradoxical Bradycardia Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 0:56 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Relative bradycardia in the face of severe blood loss and hypotension contradicts what EPs have been taught about the body’s response to hemorrhage, but Dr. Larry Mellick sets the record straight. Read his blog post at http://bit.ly/Mellick, and then watch this video to learn more about hypotension and paradoxical bradycardia. Play Video | + Favorites
Difficult Intubations Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 6:35 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Dr. Larry Mellick is his own patient this month! Read his blog post at http://bit.ly/Mellick, and then watch this video to see him receive an interscalene plexus block for rotator cuff surgery. Play Video | + Favorites
Difficult Intubations Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 834:00 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Dr. Larry Mellick is his own patient this month! Read Dr. Mellick’s blog post at http://bit.ly/Mellick, and then watch this video to learn more about difficult intubations. Play Video | + Favorites
Aorta Compression Devices Can Save Lives Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 13:47 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less It’s such a simple concept, yet has so many potential life-saving applications. The Abdominal Aortic and Junctional Tourniquet may be the future of advanced cardiac life support. Read Dr. Mellick’s blog post at http://bit.ly/Mellick, and then watch this video to learn more about how the AAJT, fresh from the battlefield, is saving lives in the ED. Play Video | + Favorites
Cockroach Emergency Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 6:34 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Cockroaches love to hide in warm, dark places, and living proof is the number of patients presenting with cockroaches in their external ear canals. Read Dr. Mellick’s blog post at http://bit.ly/Mellick, and watch these videos to learn more about removing these cringe-inducing creatures. Play Video | + Favorites
Cockroach Emergency Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 1:32 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Cockroaches love to hide in warm, dark places, and living proof is the number of patients presenting with cockroaches in their external ear canals. Read Dr. Mellick’s blog post at http://bit.ly/Mellick, and watch these videos to learn more about removing these cringe-inducing creatures. Play Video | + Favorites
A Novel Way to Select a Laryngoscope Blade Length Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 4:49 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Dr. Mellick shares a simple trick for always getting the right laryngoscope blade length. Play Video | + Favorites
Please Poke My Paronychia! Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 1:24 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less For a fantastic instructive 1:24-minute video on treating paronychia, just watch Dr. Larry Mellick, a professor of emergency medicine at the Medical College of Georgia, at work. Play Video | + Favorites
Chest Tubes Deserve an Unnecessary Roughness Penalty Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 12:14 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Chest tube placement borders on the barbaric, says Dr. Mellick. The use of large-bore chest drainage devices is not supported by most guidelines, and he explains in this month’s EduBlog that needle aspiration is just as effective, with a small-bore chest drain working if needle aspiration fails. Play Video | + Favorites
Trigger Point Therapy in the Emergency Department Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 7:41 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Patients with myofascial pain conditions or trigger point pain commonly present to the ED therapeutic relief. Dr. Larry Mellick presents hard-hitting therapeutic interventions that rapidly and effectively relieve trigger points and their associated symptoms. Play Video | + Favorites
Laboratory Abnormalities and Pyloric Stenosis Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 5:50 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Pyloric stenosis can occur in adults and children, with almost the same symptoms. Read this blog post and watch a video by Dr. Larry Mellick to recognize the signs when a patient presents in your ED. Play Video | + Favorites
All You Ever Wanted to Know about Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis But Were Afraid to Ask Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 2:11 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Group A Streptococcal infections of the pharynx are definitely on the rise at this time of year. Despite a recent trend to downplay this much-debated condition, timely treatment is still recommended, says Dr. Larry Mellick, to prevent acute rheumatic fever and suppurative complications such as peritonsillar abscesses, cervical lymphadenitis, and mastoiditis. Play Video | + Favorites
Altered Mental Status and Intussusception - Video 2 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 5:54 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Intussusception sometimes does not present with classic symptoms, and the only clue might be a comatose-appearing infant. Dr. Larry Mellick says this presentation has the potential to trip up even the most astute clinician. Play Video | + Favorites
Altered Mental Status and Intussusception - Video 1 Creator: Larry Mellick, MD Duration: 1:31 Journal: Emergency Medicine News Show More Show Less Intussusception sometimes does not present with classic symptoms, and the only clue might be a comatose-appearing infant. Dr. Larry Mellick says this presentation has the potential to trip up even the most astute clinician. Play Video | + Favorites
